Garment-stretching device.



T. J. 'ALDRIDGE. GARMENT STRETCHING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 1915.

1,153,150. 1 Patented Sept. 7, 1915,

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THOMAS J. Awnings; or nocnnsrnn, NEW YORK.

' GABMENLSTRETCI-IING.DEVICE.

To all whomit may concern. 7 r a Be it known that I, THOMAS J (ALDRIDGE, a citizen of the United States residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe 5 and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment- Stretching Devices, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the present invention, which relates to garment stretching devices, is to provide a simple article of manufacture designed particularly, not only for retaining in shape, but removing from neckwear and similar articles, wrinkles resulting from'use thereof, without resorting to pressing their surfaces. 1

Neckwear is customarily made of delicate fabrics, and the process of pressing the: same with a heated iron, usually resorted to, is deleterious to the material aswell as troublesomeso that my aim has been to overcome these disadvantages by constructing a dc: vice on which the articles maybe disposed when not in use, having means for retaining and imparting slight tension thereto for the purpose hereinbefore specified. V

A still further object of my: device is to provide tension means above mentioned of a special form, such that variabletension may be imparted to the neckwear in the action of clamping such artioleson the member of the device. Y

These and such other objects as may hereinafter appear are attained by the novel construction, combination and arrangement body of parts to be hereinafter specifically described and claimed.

Reference will now be had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a device constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof; and Figs. 3, 4 nd 5 are respectively vertical and transverse sectional views taken on the several plane lines 33, 44, and 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Throughout the following detail description, and on the several figures of the drawings, similar parts are referred to by like reference characters.

Referring to the drawing, the embodiment of my device consists of a body member or support 1 which may be of any desired configuration and material, being preferablv composed, however, of sheet metal I ;Speci fication'of Letters'Patent'." Patentd Septfi, 1%}15.

Application filed Mam. 1,1915. Serial No. 113% p r ofxplate-like form and. elongated so as to easilv accommodate the arments or articles of neckwear designed to be disposed thereon in the manner hereinafter described. :The body member 1 is preferably provided with pletely around the same, and is furthermore cut-away at its upper portion so as to provide one or more arms 3 over which the neckwear articles indicated at 4 are supportingly engaged. It will be understood, of course, that one or more neckties may easily be disposed over a single arm but I prefer to providev at least two in order to a flange or upturned edge extending comi most easilv accommodate the neckwear and facilitate ready removal thereof from the stretchin device.

Loosely and pivotall secured adjacent to the bottom portion of the body member 1,

and at one side thereof is provided a garthis purposethe plate-like member 1 is so cut-away at its edge opposite the connection 5. for .the bar 5 so as to form a hook or lock member 6, the sameglyingin the planesco-rresponding to the flange 2 so as to permit I the *free endofthebar -5 'to be engaged -tl1erebeneath. The functions of this bar ar peculiar and in explanation, it will be noted that the loose pivotal connection thereof permits said bar to be moved quite readily in a lateral direction or rotatably to a limited extent. The main purpose of this bar, in addition to positively holding the neckwear on the body member l'is to impart tension thereto for the purpose of keeping the arstretching action to the necktie or ties as the Under ordinary conditions,

case may be. this tension is sufficient to maintain the article in good shape but where it is necessary to afford greater tension than comprehended by the above description, as for instance .sion is imparted to the (article.

nal axis a partial rotation willfurt-her cause 7 the lower end of the tie to be pulled, or rolled downwardly and thereby greater ten- As shown in the drawing, the bar 5 may be provided at its outer extremity with a manipulating head or enlargement 7.

It will be understood from the foregoing description that the neckwear is generally applied'to the article byfolding the .same in .halfand slipping-said tie over oneoof the arms .3 at the upper portion of the body member 1, both of the neckwearextremities' being engaged beneath the bar member 5 above described.

It will be apparent that slight changes in the configuration and details of constructiongof thisdevice may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention and within the scope of .the claims :hereto appended.

Having thus described my what I claim asnew is:

{1. A device of the class described,'com-, prising a body of plate-like form, aigarment invention,

holding member at one end of the :body,

clamping means disposed adjacent to the other end and comprising a bar pivotally connected-at one side of the body and movable to a position transversely of :the same for engaging andtlamping sthe garment against the face of the body, said bar being movable longitudinally of the body to draw the garment for stretching the same, and

meansfor holding the bar in the stretching also movable rotatably to impart a an .increase tension 'to the neckwear, and a lockingomemher on the plate member with which the bar engages when movedin the last-mentioned direction to .hold the garment 'in stretched condition.

8. .a new article of manufacture, a garmentstretcher consisting of a body member composed of sheet material, said material being .cut-way adjacent its upper portion to form a sustaining arm for holding neckwear vor the like, said material being cutadjacent its lower portion to form a hook member at one side, and a bar member loosely pivoted to the opposite side and adapted to be disposed transversely of the body member for engaging neckwear articles sustained thereby and engageable with the hook member aforesaid forholding said articles upon the body member.

' In testimony. whereof I affix my signature in :the presence of two witnesses.

TH MAS J. ALDR DGE- Witnesses: v .,ERWI=N ETHURS,

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